the moore elementary school pta is organizing this event set to take place at amaral park from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. people are encouraged to bring notes and pictures that will be sent to newtown. >>> more information is coming to light about the gunman who opened fire in connecticut. friends of adam lanza and his mother say he was intelligent, but that his mother had said that he had a mental disability. cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran is in the newsroom with more details on that. good morning, cate. >> reporter: good morning, brian. cbs news spoke with people who knew adam lanza. one person claimed his mother gave him an odd warning about her son. a man who babysat for the family when adam was about 10 said nancy lanza told him to supervise her son at all times and to never turn his back on him of the former classmates remember the gunman as bright but painfully awkward. lanza was taking classes at western connecticut state university at the same time he was in high school. but he was also homeschooled by his mother, who told friends he had aspergers syndrome. >> i know he was on medication